Job Description

Through its core values of Courage, Respect and Excellence, CAMH is implementing its Strategic Plan: Connected CAMH, to transform lives, ignite innovation and discovery, revolutionize education and drive social change. CAMH is more than a hospital, it is a cause. CAMH is on a mission to change the way society thinks about and responds to mental illness. They aim to eliminate prejudice and discrimination and shape a world where mental illness is central to our healthcare system - a world where Mental Health is Health.
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The Complex Care and Program is currently seeking a full-time, temporary (9 months) Registered Nurse to work on the Downtown Central ACT Team. As a member of a community based interprofessional team, you will provide client-centered psychiatric and general nursing care, and ensure secure and safe adherence to CNO standards of nursing practice. You will work in partnership with clients, their formal and informal supports, and the team, to support clients' successful integration into their communities. You will function as the primary worker for a number of clients, while being available to the team's other registered clients, and contributing in a discipline specific role. As part of this continuing care team, you will follow clients should they require hospitalization, and plan and coordinate services with the inpatient care teams. You will be expected to perform assessments, develop, implement and evaluate interprofessional service plans for clients who have schizophrenia and concurrent disorders. You will liaise with other services in the Complex Care and Recovery Program and the community to coordinate care and you will refer and link clients to appropriate services and resources. You will be able to work with clients from diverse populations; contribute to program development; provide education support and supervision to students, and participate in the research activities of the program. Your skills include the ability to make behavioural observations, mental status assessments, monitoring clients' response to pharmaceutical and care interventions, documentation and ongoing communication with other team members. You will have sound knowledge of emergency psychiatry, crisis intervention, addiction issues and severe and persistent mental illness. This position is located at the College Street Site (250 College Ave - 7th Floor).
The successful candidate must be registered member as a Registered Nurse in good standing with the College of Nurses of Ontario and possess a current B.C.L.S. (CPR). You will have two years of psychiatric/mental health nursing experience. You will possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills to enable you to develop the Nurse- Client relationship and work within a collaborative and diverse inter-professional team. Effective leadership, decision-making, organizational, and problem solving skills are required. Preference will be given to those with community nursing experience, and a solid understanding of Recovery principles and their application to client service. Knowledge of emergency psychiatry and crisis intervention principles and theory are required. The ability to work with clients of diverse cultural and social backgrounds is necessary. Computer literacy is required. Bilingualism (French/English) or proficiency in a second language would be an asset.
CAMH is a fully affiliated teaching hospital and research institute of the University of Toronto. As a CAMH employee, you will contribute to our mission by supporting teaching, research, and clinical care across the hospital.
CAMH is dedicated to equity, diversity, and inclusion. Our commitment is to foster a workplace, teaching, and learning environment that is inclusive, respectful, and free from discrimination or harassment.
CAMH strongly encourages applications from candidates who reflect the diversity of the communities we serve, including First Nations, Mxc3xa9tis, and Inuit Peoples; Black and other racialized communities; LGBTQ2S+ communities; women; and people with disabilities, including those with lived experience of mental health and substance use challenges.
We welcome applicants from all backgrounds. Thank you to all who apply; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted. If you require accommodations during the application or recruitment process, please let us know.